fuckdup
description by si - early 2007
Football's Ultimate Cup Knockout Dicegame Using Pubs (superbly named by Krizbii) is possibly the most succesful dicegame to date.
In the style of a cup competition, York's top 32 pubs are pitted against each other in an exciting 'draw' scenario to find out the best pub in York.
After each pub has been visited, the assembled group cast their votes one-by-one around the table and the winner makes it through to the next round. The winner of the final is declared the best pub in York, and in the inaugral early '06 competition, the Tap and Spile was a worthy if somewhat surprise winner.
The main criticisms of this game are the potential for long walks. This has been accomodated in recent months by 'switching' fixtures and rolling well in advance
so their is a choice of fixtures to be played.
The main flaw in the game is that the second pub (i.e. the pub we are in when the voting is done) usually wins due to being fresh in people's minds. If people are comfy at that moment in time, it is hard to think back to how happy they were in the pub before. Some people also have preconceptions (i.e. JW hates Cock n Bottle now, Yosi hates Masons Arms and isn't a fan of the Swan, Lu thinks Wonky Donkey is overrated).
The 06/07 season has resolved some of these issues by two-legged ties for the semi's and final to allow a more well rounded view. The second leg of the final is due to be played tomorrow night with Ackhorne 4-1 and seemingly cruising. But with 6 people out at least and the return of Luke Toomey a factor in Ackhorne's recent downturn in form, could the Swan pull off a memorable win?
to answer my own question, sadly not as Ackhorne survived a late Toomey scare to win 4-2 on the night and 8-3 on aggregate to be crowned 'Best Pub in York '06 for now at least! Lu and me both voted Swan (Lu had also gone Swan in the first leg) but the beer was surprisingly not on top form, and the lack of seat somewhat sealed it! Ackhorne deserves it over the tournament.
description by si - early 2007
Football's Ultimate Cup Knockout Dicegame Using Pubs (superbly named by Krizbii) is possibly the most succesful dicegame to date.
In the style of a cup competition, York's top 32 pubs are pitted against each other in an exciting 'draw' scenario to find out the best pub in York.
After each pub has been visited, the assembled group cast their votes one-by-one around the table and the winner makes it through to the next round. The winner of the final is declared the best pub in York, and in the inaugral early '06 competition, the Tap and Spile was a worthy if somewhat surprise winner.
The main criticisms of this game are the potential for long walks. This has been accomodated in recent months by 'switching' fixtures and rolling well in advance
so their is a choice of fixtures to be played.
The main flaw in the game is that the second pub (i.e. the pub we are in when the voting is done) usually wins due to being fresh in people's minds. If people are comfy at that moment in time, it is hard to think back to how happy they were in the pub before. Some people also have preconceptions (i.e. JW hates Cock n Bottle now, Yosi hates Masons Arms and isn't a fan of the Swan, Lu thinks Wonky Donkey is overrated).
The 06/07 season has resolved some of these issues by two-legged ties for the semi's and final to allow a more well rounded view. The second leg of the final is due to be played tomorrow night with Ackhorne 4-1 and seemingly cruising. But with 6 people out at least and the return of Luke Toomey a factor in Ackhorne's recent downturn in form, could the Swan pull off a memorable win?
to answer my own question, sadly not as Ackhorne survived a late Toomey scare to win 4-2 on the night and 8-3 on aggregate to be crowned 'Best Pub in York '06 for now at least! Lu and me both voted Swan (Lu had also gone Swan in the first leg) but the beer was surprisingly not on top form, and the lack of seat somewhat sealed it! Ackhorne deserves it over the tournament.
the jig cup
inception
A 2010 sci-fi film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, not sure what that has to do with dicegames.
jig cup inception
The 11th of October 2008 (also known as 10/11), the night when Jig got into a fight with a Nissan Micra. It put him in intensive care and put somewhat of a dampener on nights out. In honour of Jig (and because it was his turn to choose pubs) the Big 100 was put on hold and a new cup competition was introduced in it's place, a slower-paced event featuring just two pubs each evening.
november 2008 rules
Joining the regular voting categories of Range, Quality, Staff, Hubbub and Comfort comes 'Prefered Pub'. Quirks and food will be discussed where appropriate.
It was suggested that having 2 pints in 64 pubs over a knockout competition would take quite a long time. This was Si's response: "I thought it'd be good if Jig could get back for at least some of his trophy but I expect round one alone to take 4 months and that's if we do it solid for 4 months. If this doesn't uncover York's official best pub of 2009, I'll be buggered (especially if it is York Arms)".
Needless to say it wasn't York Arms, but rather than uncovering the best pub of 2009, it ran from the 20th of November 2008 to the 10th of July 2010. Jig did indeed get to see most of his trophy, in fact it took so long that he could probably have had a rematch with the Micra and still have been fit enough for the final.
In the final, Waggon & Horses defeated Judges Lodgings, a fun summer evening with a pint in Judges, pint in Waggon, chips from Jennys, pint in Waggon, pint in Judges to make it nice and fair.
In a retconning of history, Si later decided that the Jig Cup was just the 2008 edition on FUCKDUP, rather than something different, I guess it was basically the same thing with the addition of the weighted vote.
inception
A 2010 sci-fi film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, not sure what that has to do with dicegames.
jig cup inception
The 11th of October 2008 (also known as 10/11), the night when Jig got into a fight with a Nissan Micra. It put him in intensive care and put somewhat of a dampener on nights out. In honour of Jig (and because it was his turn to choose pubs) the Big 100 was put on hold and a new cup competition was introduced in it's place, a slower-paced event featuring just two pubs each evening.
november 2008 rules
Joining the regular voting categories of Range, Quality, Staff, Hubbub and Comfort comes 'Prefered Pub'. Quirks and food will be discussed where appropriate.
It was suggested that having 2 pints in 64 pubs over a knockout competition would take quite a long time. This was Si's response: "I thought it'd be good if Jig could get back for at least some of his trophy but I expect round one alone to take 4 months and that's if we do it solid for 4 months. If this doesn't uncover York's official best pub of 2009, I'll be buggered (especially if it is York Arms)".
Needless to say it wasn't York Arms, but rather than uncovering the best pub of 2009, it ran from the 20th of November 2008 to the 10th of July 2010. Jig did indeed get to see most of his trophy, in fact it took so long that he could probably have had a rematch with the Micra and still have been fit enough for the final.
In the final, Waggon & Horses defeated Judges Lodgings, a fun summer evening with a pint in Judges, pint in Waggon, chips from Jennys, pint in Waggon, pint in Judges to make it nice and fair.
In a retconning of history, Si later decided that the Jig Cup was just the 2008 edition on FUCKDUP, rather than something different, I guess it was basically the same thing with the addition of the weighted vote.